tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post7126041471053722990..comments2024-01-02T10:16:13.926+00:00Comments on The Thoughtful Dresser: It's not a love storyLinda Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126115924247248057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-47641828637246177502008-06-26T04:31:00.000+01:002008-06-26T04:31:00.000+01:00While not having read Baddiel, I beg to differ a b...While not having read Baddiel, I beg to differ a bit, seeing Austen as a Classically influenced author (which is always modern). Her Mansfield Park seems highly influenced by the some of the themes found in Homer's Oddysey, such as what happens when the master is away from home and cultivation of the land, id est landscaping.Melvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10400394666155997882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-18450999948914739482008-05-25T21:42:00.000+01:002008-05-25T21:42:00.000+01:00David Baddiel has zoomed up in my estimation - how...David Baddiel has zoomed up in my estimation - how well he puts it too! Love it!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02374052613352438458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-52609578756551258372008-05-25T14:03:00.000+01:002008-05-25T14:03:00.000+01:00I can quite understand Baddiel's view of Jane Aust...I can quite understand Baddiel's view of Jane Austen. You only have to look at the design (including clothing) of this era to see how modern Georgian culture was. This is by far one of the most exciting and forward thinking eras of British history and George IV is still responsible for supporting the arts and more architectural projects than any other British monarch before or since. As a woman of her time Jane Austen was indeed a modernist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com